SINGER

Waylon Jennings

1937 - 2002

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Waylon Arnold Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music. Jennings started playing guitar at age eight and performed at fourteen on KVOW radio, after which he formed his first band, the Texas Longhorns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Waylon Jennings has received more than 11,896,126 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Waylon Jennings is the 469th most popular singer (up from 544th in 2019), the 2,689th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,148th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Waylon Jennings ranks 469 out of 4,381. Before him are Giulia Grisi, RM, Line Renaud, King Diamond, Michel Sardou, and Lasse Berghagen. After him are Kevin Federline, Manuel García, Séverine, Mariya Takeuchi, Haddaway, and Neil Tennant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Waylon Jennings ranks 145. Before him are Valentin Bondarenko, Dan Shomron, John Kennedy Toole, Tung Chee-hwa, Mintimer Shaimiev, and Jay Rockefeller. After him are Francisco Gabica, Marie Dubois, Eduard Uspensky, Eduard Streltsov, Facundo Cabral, and Emerich Jenei. Among people deceased in 2002, Waylon Jennings ranks 100. Before him are Karel Reisz, Gustaaf Deloor, Jacques Massu, Nikolai Amosov, Elie Hobeika, and Michail Stasinopoulos. After him are Dida, Dhirubhai Ambani, Robert Guéï, Spyros Kyprianou, Văn Tiến Dũng, and Domènec Balmanya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Waylon Jennings ranks 2,689 out of 20,380. Before him are Laura Linney (1964), Philip Sheridan (1831), Ronald Evans (1933), Sonny Boy Williamson I (1914), Jay Rockefeller (1937), and Larry David (1947). After him are James Mark Baldwin (1861), Anna May Wong (1905), Lizzie Borden (1860), Linda Kozlowski (1958), Horace Wells (1815), and Siri Hustvedt (1955).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Waylon Jennings ranks 141. Before him are Eddie Money (1949), Neil Sedaka (1939), Dusty Hill (1949), KRS-One (1965), Marc Anthony (1968), and Marian Anderson (1897). After him are Kevin Federline (1978), Katy Perry (1984), R. Kelly (1967), Miley Cyrus (1992), Melanie (1947), and Al Martino (1927).

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